Per Saint Patrick’s Day tradition, John Ford’s 1952 film The Quiet Man will be trotted out this March 17th for nostalgic […]
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With a heart-wrenching Olympics behind us, it’s a fine time to look back at Michael Ritchie’s story of the pitfalls of winter sports.
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This 1928 feature was long considered one of Chaplin’s lesser works. But now it stands as his first great combination of comedy and pathos.
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Elia Kazan’s Oscar-winning 1947 drama (now streaming on Criterion Channel) is sometimes dismissed as dated and preachy – which is part of why it’s so valuable.
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This 1947 Tyrone Power vehicle has become a film noir favorite. A look back, on the eve of Guillermo del Toro’s remake:
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Elia Kazan’s 1950 classic – now streaming in the “Fox Noir” program of the Criterion Channel – is both of its moment and eerily prescient.
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A deep dive into Chloé Zhao’s debut feature – and its relation to her MCU entry, ‘Eternals.’
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In John Huston’s postwar masterpiece, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, and Edward G. Robinson match wits in a Florida hotel in the midst of a raging hurricane.
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The 1944 Bogie and Bacall vehicle was a transparent attempt to create another “Casablanca” – but it has plenty of pleasures of its own.
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Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 comedy, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, is a prickly satire that’s lost none of its edge.
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With the Sundance hit ‘CODA’ landing on Apple TV+ this week, we look back at the French film – seldom seen in America – that inspired it.
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Frank Capra’s 1941 drama – now streaming on Amazon Prime Video – explores political themes and ideas that are far from unique to its time.
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